Spurrier came out of Florida with the title of "offensive genius", but his reputation hasn’t equated to success in the NFL. Washington is 12-18 in nearly two years under Spurrier and has averaged just 18.8 points per game, a far cry from his attack at Florida.

However it’s Spurrier’s influence on Grossman that will be the interesting part of Sunday’s match-up between two teams that aren’t going to the playoffs.